"I'm afraid I didn't notice the time, sir. It was before Sir Arthur came in, I know."
"Would you agree that it was half past eleven?"
"Somewhere about there, sir, I should say."
"Did it strike you that Mr. Billington-Smith was at all upset when he went out?"
"I did not notice anything unusual, sir."
"You did not consider it unusual for him to go without his hat on a hot day?"
"Oh dear me, no, sir! Mr. Billington-Smith very rarely wore a hat in the country."
"Did he appear to be in a hurry?"
"It did not strike me in that way, sir."
"He did not, in your opinion, rush out of the house as though he were quite beside himself?"